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NASA bases on the Moon
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NASA bases on the Moon

The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) announced yesterday it will build a permanent international base on one of the polar regions of the Moon, serving scientific research and…

December 17, 2018
Pole Star
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Pole Star

The North Star is the name for the star located near the north pole, most suitable for maritime trades in the northern hemisphere. To get this name, a star must be visib…

December 17, 2018
Sushi is 'eliminated' from Japanese menu
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Sushi is 'eliminated' from Japanese menu

The Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) is offering Japanese dishes to astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS), however the country's most famous sushi has been rem…

December 17, 2018
Cheap space service
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Cheap space service

Having yet to put people on orbit, not yet bringing the remote control robot to Mars, has not yet launched a space probe into the galaxy, but India has been quietly invo…

December 17, 2018
China plans to explore the Moon
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China plans to explore the Moon

'In April 2007, China's first Moon Moon satellite will fly into the air, starting the Chinese Moon's exploration work.' This source has been authenticated by Academician…

December 17, 2018
Spirit round 1,000 days on Mars
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Spirit round 1,000 days on Mars

Spirit exploration robots have just celebrated 1,000 days on Mars. This achievement is praiseworthy because at first, scientists at the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) only h…

December 17, 2018
'Snake' on the Milky Way
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'Snake' on the Milky Way

Something scary seems to be crawling on our galaxies in a new Halloween photograph taken by NASA's Spitzer space telescope. The object that looks like this snake is actu…

December 17, 2018
Maintenance of Hubble Space Telescope
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Maintenance of Hubble Space Telescope

Nasa director Mike Griffin said he would send the shuttle with Hubble telescope maintenance crew lying in orbit near the earth. Since being launched into the air Hubble…

December 17, 2018
The Earth used to be a giant snow globe
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The Earth used to be a giant snow globe

According to a study published in Nature, Earth's magnetic field has not changed since more than 2 billion years ago. This confirms a very difficult hypothesis: our gree…

December 17, 2018
Do you want your name on ... Mars?
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Do you want your name on ... Mars?

In August 2007, NASA will launch on Mars the Phoenix probe and expects it to land on the Red Planet's north pole in 2008. On the ship there will be a DVD made by the Pla…

December 17, 2018
Apophis asteroid will not hit the Earth
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Apophis asteroid will not hit the Earth

Director of the Russian Academy of Sciences Boris Choustov has confirmed that the probability of collisions between asteroids Apophis and Earth on Friday 13 April 2029 i…

December 17, 2018